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The Blues have activated Niklas Lundstrom.

This activation does not seem to be the result of an injury to Ryan Miller or Brian Elliott. The Blues just wanted an extra practice goalie and rather than yank Jake Allen from his staring role with the Chicago Wolves, the Blues decided to bring in Lundstrom. Lundstrom played in Sweden this season and posted a 2.86 GAA and a .894 save percentage in 24 games for Sodertalje of the SEL. Sun, Apr 6, 2014 12:03:00 PM

Lundstrom was the Blues' fifth-round draft pick in 2011. He spent last season with AIK of the Swedish Elite League, posting a 3-9-0 mark and a 3.10 GAA and .901 save percentage. Lundstrom also appeared in three games during Sweden's silver-medal campaign at the 2013 World Junior Championships. Tue, May 21, 2013 12:40:00 PM

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David Backes tallied his 20th goal of the season Tuesday night, but it wasn't to help the Blurs withstand a 5-2 loss to Montreal.

Backes has now reached the 20-goal mark five times in his career and at just 30 years of age, could certainly repeat the feat a few more times. T.J. Oshie also registered his 17th marker of the campaign in the loss.

Paul Stastny contributed to both Blues goals in their 2-1 win over the Oilers on Saturday night.

Stastny assisted on Dmitrij Jaskin’s first-period goal and scored his own in the third period. His first season in St. Louis has not exactly gone as planned, with 12 goals and 36 points this season. The goal was his first since Feb. 12, a span of six without one. Patrik Berglund and Ian Cole got the other helpers.

The St. Louis Blues have acquired Olli Jokinen from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Joakim Lindstrom and a conditional sixth-round pick

The pick can improve to a fourth rounder if the Blues reach the Stanley Cup Final and he participates in it. Jokinen has three goals and seven points in 54 games in 2014-15. He was acquired by Toronto as part of the Cody Franson trade.

"This allows us to have the two guys that play there be hunters and then we have a guy that's backing up the hunting and playing that 'in-between-the-dots' role that we think we need from that position," said Hitchcock. Goc is slated to play between Ryan Reaves and Steve Ott after he was acquired from Pittsburgh in exchange for Maxim Lapierre.

Alexander Steen had three assists in Friday's 5-1 win over the Boston Bruins.

All three of Steen's assists came in the second period as he helped set up goals by Alex Pietrangelo, T.J. Oshie and Vladimir Tarasenko. The 30-year-old has had two three-point efforts in his last four games. Steen has 19 goals and 51 points in 56 games this season. He is on pace to hit the 70-point mark for the first time in his NHL career.

Jaden Schwartz scored a goal in St. Louis' 2-1 shootout win over Florida.

Schwartz opened the scoring at the 11:48 mark of the second period and that held up until Florida tied the game with under two minutes remaining. The 22-year-old now has 20 goals and 44 points in 49 games this season. He has posted back-to-back 20-goal seasons for the first time in his career. Jori Lehtera and Vladimir Tarasenko assisted on the goal and they each added a goal in the shootout to give St. Louis the win.

"Mom (Erica) and baby are doing great," said Ott, who missed Saturday's game to be with his family. "I've got to go pick them up after this and bring them home." Ott has nine points, 57 penalty minutes and 128 hits in 57 games.

The St. Louis Blues now have seven players with 10 goals or more this season.

Vladimir Tarasenko leads the team in that category with 31 but David Backes (20), Jaden Schwartz (20), Alexander Steen (19), T.J. Oshie (17), Paul Stastny (11) and Dmitrij Jaskin (10) have all hit double-digit goal totals this year. The Blues have a very balanced attack which they hope will be useful come playoff time.

Oshie assisted on Alex Pietrangelo's first period goal and he also set up third period goals by Dmitrij Jaskin and David Backes. The Blues were down 5-2 in the final frame but they were able to fight back and force overtime. Oshie rang a shot off the crossbar in the extra frame and he missed on his shootout attempt. The 28-year-old has 17 goals and 44 points in 55 games this season.

The 21-year-old played a season-high 17:07 in the game. Jaskin opened the scoring at the 12:11 mark of the first period. The young Russian now has 10 goals, 14 points and a plus-9 rating in 35 games in 2014-15. He finished the night with four shots, four hits and a plus-1 rating. He was named the game's second star.

Chris Porter, Chris Butler, and Joakim Lindstrom will be scratched on Saturday night against the Edmonton Oilers.

There isn't a whole lot of fantasy value here as Porter has just 15 games to his credit this season, and one in 2015. Lindstrom has played just six of his 34 games in the new year, he also has six points. While Butler has six points himself with 15 PIMs, and 34 blocks through 24 games this season.

Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said that there's no timetable for Shattenkirk's return, although a previous report suggested that he might be back in early April. He has eight goals and 40 points in 49 contests in 2014-15.

Jay Bouwmeester will play in his 900th career game on Saturday night against the Edmonton Oilers.

Through his first 899 games, Bouwmeester has tallied 78 goals and 354 points while averaging 25:01 of ice time. He also owns three straight double-digit goal seasons and three seasons of over 40 points. This season however, the 31 year old's offensive production has slipped. He has just two goals and 10 points while averaging over 23 minutes a night.

The Arizona Coyotes have retained half of Zbynek Michalek's remaining salary and cap hit in their trade with St. Louis.

Michalek is set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer, so it's not a big financial undertaking for Arizona, but it will help St. Louis stay under the ceiling. The Coyotes also sent a conditional third-round pick to St. Louis and received prospect Maxim Letunov.

Petteri Lindbohm scored his first NHL goal in Friday's 5-1 win over Boston.

It wasn't pretty but they all count. Lindbohm threw a puck on net that bounced off Malcolm Subban's glove and in. The 21-year-old was St. Louis' sixth round pick in 2012 and he is getting his first taste of NHL action in 2014-15. He has two points and a minus-1 rating in 10 games with St. Louis this season.

Brian Elliot stopped five of six shots in a brief relief appearance in Sunday's 6-5 shootout loss to Vancouver.

Elliot entered the game at the start of the third period with the Blues trailing 4-2. Elliot then allowed an early third period goal to Nick Bonino and he decided to pull himself from the game. Elliot came back out of the tunnel a little later on and had some words with coach Ken Hitchcock before disappearing back into the locker room. The Blues eventually scored three unanswered goals in the game to force overtime, but they fell in the shootout. This is a weird situation between the coach and his goaltender. It'll be interesting to see how the team chooses to explain this.

Allen was pulled after allowing four goals through two periods. In a strange turn of events, Brian Elliot pulled himself after allowing an early third period goal to Nick Bonino. With Allen back in goal, the Blues scored three unanswered goals to force overtime. Unfortunately for St. Louis, their goaltender was unable to come up with a single save in the shootout. Allen's record falls to 17-6-3 this season and he has a 2.55 goals-against-average and a .903 save percentage.